Imperial Stout
Dark Star Brewing Co. in Partridge Green, West Sussex, England 🏴
Stout - Imperial Regular|
Score
7.25
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A vigorous fermentation is followed by a long maturation – the beer is brewed in February and then released on the unsuspecting public. A densely rich beer with a dark brown head, it has coffee and berry like aromas and a velvet mouth feel. This beer commands respect and deserves to be savoured slowly.
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7.6/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8.5
Bottle at home in London. Vintage 2009. Pours black-brown with a moderate, beige froth head. Some dusty cocoa on the nose, dark chocolate, raisins, other dark fruits. Medium to big sweet flavor, lots of rich, dark fruits, chocolate, charred wood, mild earthy bitterness. Full bodied with fine carbonation. Warming finish with smooth, rounded dark sugars, raisins, dark chocolate, burnt wood, moderate roast. A tasty, fairly well balanced impy stout. (3.9)
Bottle at ChrisO Holiday Tasting, London. Vintage 2007. The beer has held up well. Good stuff. Description above holds. (3.8)
Bottle at ChrisO Holiday Tasting, London. Vintage 2007. The beer has held up well. Good stuff. Description above holds. (3.8)
Tried
from Bottle
on 19 Dec 2012
at 15:18
7.4/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7.5
Bottle from Stirchley Wines, Birmingham. Black pour with a fast fading tan head. Robust and enticing snout of dark fruits, cake, booze and malts. Flavour had some sweetness with notes of roasted malts, dark fruit and some prominent booze. Certainly well crafted and hard to fault overall, but didn’t knock me off my chair.
Tried
from Bottle
on 01 Nov 2012
at 11:23
7.8/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 8
Overall 8
2009 bottle. Vinous (port), milk choclaty (in a Oboy kind of way), roasted, slightly spicy, fruity, quite dry in aftertaste. Elegant.
Tried
from Bottle
on 06 Oct 2012
at 01:31
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 8
Texture 6
Overall 8
2009 Bottle at Akkurat. Pours black with a big tan head. Lots of heavy rosted malt, red wine tanins and alcohol. A british porter but more heavy.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 Oct 2012
at 15:27
7.2/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
Bottle at home - 18/09/12. 2011 Vintage. Pours a medium black but appears very dark mahogony brown when held to the light with a thin tan head that soon dissipates to form a small pool on top and to the edges which retains to the end. Dark fruits at the fore of the nose, berries, dates, toffee, Christmas cake, chocolate, roasted malts, germaline. Quite a fruity tasting imperial stout, all the berries and dark fruits again backed up by chocolate and roasted malts. Surprisingly thin feel to this beer for 10.5%! Medium bodied but quite wet. A little more carbonation than I’d have cared for from a beer of this style, although it is on the soft side. Alcohol flavour very evident in the finish. Decent enough, but I was a little disappointed and had expected more.
Tried
from Bottle
on 18 Sep 2012
at 12:14
7.3/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 6
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
Bottle shared at tasting. Pours black with a small beige head. Aroma of sweet malt, light roasted, dried fruits, licorice and soy. Flavour is medium to light heavy sweet and light bitter with some alcohol in the finish. Full bodied with soft carbonation.
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2012
at 12:42
7.5/10
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Appearance 8
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 8
35cl bottle shared. Very thin off white head. Clear dark pour. Alcohol aftertaste but nice. A great brew!
Tried
from Bottle
on 17 Jul 2012
at 12:38
7.3/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 8
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 8
Bottle courtesy of Hugh (non-RB). Pours pitch black with a small brownish gray head that quickly dissipates without leaving much trace on the glass. Smell is sweet with toasted malts, wood, vanilla, plums, very ripe oranges, orange zest, raisins, dark bread and alcohol. Taste is sweet, tiny bitter and tiny sour with plums, grapes, orange zest, roasted malts, dark bread, alcohol, burnt caramel and hints of banana. Mouthfeel is round, tiny tart and medium bodied. finish is tiny sweet, slightly bitter and tiny sour with dark grapes, toasted malts, dark bread, burnt caramel and orange zest.
Tried
from Bottle
on 09 May 2012
at 16:29
6.8/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 6
Overall 7
33cl bottle courtesy of and shared with _angst_ Brune foncée, col fin beige. Bouquet fruité noir, laissant passé un alcool bien présent. Profile malté, caramel gardant ce côté très British, le tout reste léger malgré les 10%, note malt cara/pâle et chocolat? sur une pointe d’amertume houblonnée et pomme caramel, le tout reste assez faiblard en fin de bouche.
Tried
from Bottle
on 08 May 2012
at 15:02
7/10
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Appearance 6
Aroma 7
Flavor 7
Texture 8
Overall 7
33 cl bottle consumed on May 4, 2012. Thanks to _angst_!Dark brown to black color, small light brown head. Ripe banana, solvents, chocolate scent, alcohol. Alcohool, solvents, fruity, glue, chocolate taste. Solvents and chocolate aftertaste. Medium to smooth mouthfeel, medium high bitterness.
Tried
from Bottle
on 05 May 2012
at 01:24